How to Connect ownCloud Files to Muse

ownCloud files in Muse

Short answer: add your ownCloud to AnythingMCP as a File Search connector, over WebDAV with an app password. AnythingMCP indexes the full text of the folder you pick and keeps the index in sync. Then connect AnythingMCP to Meta Muse. Muse can find files by name and by content, read the pages it needs and give you the file itself, attached or as a temporary download link. Nothing is ever written to your ownCloud.

An AI assistant cannot open your ownCloud on its own, and one that could would have to download every file to answer one question. The index is what makes a question like "what does article NT-601 cost in the current price list?" take seconds.

What you need

• The WebDAV address: https://YOUR-HOST/remote.php/dav/files/USER/ for ownCloud Server. For ownCloud Infinite Scale, use the WebDAV URL the web interface shows in the details of the space.
• An app password of a user that can read the folders you want searchable.
• An AnythingMCP workspace: AnythingMCP Cloud (7 days free) or your own self-hosted install.

ownCloud Server and ownCloud Infinite Scale use different WebDAV addresses: the classic remote.php/dav/files/USER/ path, or the URL of a space in Infinite Scale. Everything after the address is the same.

Set it up

Step 1 — Set up the File Search connector

In AnythingMCP, open the Marketplace and pick ownCloud (File Search): it opens the File Search wizard with the settings for ownCloud. (Or open Connectors → New → File Search and choose WebDAV.)

1. Connect. Enter the WebDAV address (or the space URL in Infinite Scale), the user name and the app password, and the folder to use.
2. Test. AnythingMCP connects, signs in and lists the folder before anything is saved, and shows a checklist (address, reachability, encryption, server identity, login, folder) with what to fix when a step fails.
3. Scan. Click Scan folder. AnythingMCP lists the folder without indexing it yet and shows a tree with the number of files in every subfolder, the file types and the years. Folders that look like archives (Alt, Old, Archive, Backup) are already unticked, so Muse never quotes an outdated document. A bar compares your selection with your plan while you tick folders, file types or an age limit; when the selection is larger than the plan, untick more or upgrade.
4. Describe. AnythingMCP drafts the connector's description from the scan, for example "Quality documents and test reports, PDF and Excel, 2020–2026". This text tells Muse what the folder contains and when to search it. If an AI model is configured on the server, the wizard can draft it with AI and says exactly what is sent (folder names, file names, the first 2,000 characters of up to 20 sample files, personal data masked); otherwise the draft is built from the folder structure. Edit it as you like.
5. Activate. Choose the tool prefix, the sync interval and the MCP servers that get the connector, and click Activate.

The first sync starts right away and runs in a separate background service: Muse and your other connectors keep answering at full speed while it runs. The connector's Files tab shows its progress: files found, indexed and skipped, the last and next sync, and a Sync now button.

Step 2 — Copy the server URL

In MCP Servers, open the server you chose in the wizard and copy its URL.

Step 3 — Add the connector in Muse

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Muse adds remote MCP servers as custom connectors and signs in to them with OAuth.

1. In Muse, open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
2. Paste the MCP server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID.
3. Muse opens the AnythingMCP sign-in page: sign in and approve access.
4. In a chat, ask Muse for something that needs the file search tools.

You can also set it up from a chat, on the web, in the iOS and Android apps or in WhatsApp. Send Muse this message:

Create a Custom Connector for a new remote MCP server, then connect to it:
Name: AnythingMCP
Transport: remote streamable HTTP
URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID
Auth: OAuth

Self-hosting? Use your instance's public HTTPS address instead of https://cloud.anythingmcp.com. Muse connects from Meta's cloud, so localhost does not work.

Step 4 — Ask

Start a new chat and ask about the content of your files. Muse searches the index first, opens the pages that matched and answers with the file name, the page and the file's date, so you can check the source.

What Muse can do with the files

<prefix> is the tool prefix you choose in the wizard, for example pricelists. Every tool except _share_file only reads.

Supported files: text is extracted from over 100 file types: PDF (page by page); Word, Excel and PowerPoint including macro and template variants and .xlsb; OpenDocument; Outlook .msg, .eml and .mbox with the text of their attachments; .rtf, .epub, .xps; Apple Pages, Numbers and Keynote (through their PDF preview); .svg and the text of .dxf CAD drawings; CSV, Markdown, HTML, XML, JSON, YAML, calendars and contacts; and source code. Every other file is still found by name, and PDF pages and images can be shown to the AI as pictures. Scanned PDFs without a text layer are read with OCR on Enterprise.

Prompts to try in Muse

• "Find the latest test report for door model T30-1 and tell me the result."
• "Which quality documents were changed in the last three months?"
• "Search the audit folder for every mention of the Nordtor supplier audit."
• "Give me the newest version of the quality manual as a download link."

How syncing works

ownCloud reports a change marker (ETag) for every file over WebDAV. AnythingMCP compares it with the last run and downloads only new and changed files. Files whose content is identical to the indexed version are recognised by their checksum (SHA-256) and not processed again. Deleted files leave the index. A file that cannot be read is retried on the next syncs and, after three failures (at once for password-protected files), stays findable by name, with the reason on the Files tab.

Syncing runs in its own background service, separate from the server that answers Muse: a large first sync does not slow down your questions, and search keeps working with the last index while a sync runs.

When the folder outgrows your plan, the sync pauses before downloading anything instead of indexing only part of it: the Files tab shows how many files the folder now holds against your plan, Muse keeps searching the files already indexed and is told that newer files may be missing, and you can untick folders or upgrade. A paused folder is checked again once a day and resumes by itself when it fits.

Security

• Read-only. The connector only lists and reads. It has no tool that writes, renames or deletes on your ownCloud.
• Your workspace only. The index is stored per workspace and every query is limited to it, by the application and again by the database (Row-Level Security).
• Credentials are stored encrypted and decrypted only in the background sync service. Muse and your colleagues never see them.
• Who sees what follows your MCP roles: a role without the file tools does not see them. On Enterprise you can also allow or deny folders per role.
• File content is data. The tools tell the model never to follow instructions found inside a file.
• App password. It can be revoked on its own, without changing the account password.
• Shares respected. AnythingMCP sees what the connected user sees.
• AnythingMCP Cloud connects only to servers on the public internet: a host in a private network is refused, also after a redirect. A server in your office network must be reachable from outside, or you run AnythingMCP self-hosted next to it.

Limits by plan

Self-hosted: Starter includes one File Search connector with up to 500 files, Team three connectors with 2,000 files, Enterprise has no limit and syncs down to every 5 minutes; the largest file is set by FILES_MAX_FILE_BYTES (100 MB by default). Self-hosted File Search needs a paid licence or the 30-day trial, which has the Team limits; the free Community edition has no File Search after the trial. All plans.

FAQ

Where is Muse available? Meta currently offers Muse in the US and Canada, on the web, in the iOS and Android apps and in WhatsApp.

Does Meta review this connector? No. Meta doesn't review custom connectors. Muse sees only the tools you switched on for this MCP server in AnythingMCP, and you can disconnect it anytime under Settings → Connectors.

Does it work with ownCloud Infinite Scale? Yes. Use the WebDAV URL that the web interface shows in the details of the space instead of the remote.php path.

Does AnythingMCP copy all of your ownCloud? No. AnythingMCP keeps the extracted text, not the files. A file is read again only when it changed, or when you ask for the file itself.

Is vector search used? No. Company documents are searched for exact names, codes and numbers, where keyword search with page-level results is more reliable than embeddings.

Related

• Search your company file server with AI
• Find prices in supplier price lists with AI
• Search inside Nextcloud and WebDAV files with AI
• Share files from an AI chat as download links
• Connect ownCloud Files to Claude
• Connect ownCloud Files to ChatGPT
• Connect ownCloud Files to Gemini
• Connect ownCloud Files to Microsoft Copilot
• Connect ownCloud Files to Cursor
• Other file sources in Muse: SFTP server, FTP / FTPS server, WebDAV server, S3 bucket, Nextcloud, Synology NAS, QNAP NAS, Fritz!Box storage, Hetzner Storage Box, Network folder (self-hosted)